LionWiki vs. Sputnik vs. PukiWiki

General Features LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Version
3.2.4
8.08.13
1.5.1
Last Release Date
2010-09-20 (15 years ago)
2008-08-13 (17 years ago)
2016-03-07 (10 years ago)
Last Update here
2010-10-01 (15 years ago)
2009-02-02 (17 years ago)
2016-03-23 (10 years ago)
Author
Adam Živnéř
Yuri Takhteyev
PukiWiki Development Team
URL
Free and Open Source
Yes
Yes
Yes
License
GPL v2
MIT/X
GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version
Programming Language
PHP
Lua
PHP
Data Storage
Files
Database, Files, RCS
Files
License Cost/ Fee
free
0
0
Development status
Mature
Mature
Mature
Intended Audience
advanced users, minimalists
Small teams or private users
One theme, one PukiWiki
System Requirements LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Operating System
All PHP supported
Linux, UNIX, OSX, Windows
OS independent
Root Access
No
No
No
Webserver
Apache/IIS, probably everything which supports PHP
Apache, CGI, Xavante
Apache, IIS, anything with PHP support
Other Requirements
gcc or Lua
tar with "-p" option, or unzip for install. "mbstring" PHP extension for multi-bite support. backup feature wants 'zip' PHP extension.
Datastorage LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Text Files
Yes
Yes
Yes
MySQL
No
Plugin
No
PostgreSQL
No
No
No
Oracle
No
No
No
SQLite
No
Plugin
No
BerkeleyDB
No
No
No
RCS
No
No
No
Other
Git
zip-compressed text files for backup (with "zip" PHP extension)
Security/Anti-Spam LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Page Permissions
Yes
Yes
Yes
ACL
No
Yes
Yes
Authentication Backends
Yes
LDIF strings compatible with OpenLDAP, LDAP
Host Blocking
Plugin
No
Patch
Mail Encryption
No
No
No
nofollow
No
No
Yes
Blacklist
Plugin
No
Patch
CAPTCHA
Plugin
Yes
No
Delayed Indexing
No
No
No
Development/Support LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
# of Consultants
Preconfigured Hosting
No
No
Yes
Code Repository
Issue Tracker
Mailing List
Support Forum
Chat Channel
#pukiwiki
Stars on GitHub
N/A
N/A
N/A
Common Features LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Preview
Yes
Yes
Yes
Minor Changes
No
Yes
No
Change Summary
Yes
Yes
No
Page History
Yes
Yes
Yes
Page Revisions
Unlimited
Unlimited
Restricted by Number
Revision Diffs
Between all
Between all
To current
Sitemap
Plugin
Yes
Yes
Plugin System
Yes
Yes
Yes
Special Features LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Unicode Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
Right-to-Left Support
No
Unknown
No
Interface Languages
17
Arabic, Czech, German, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Chinese Traditional
3
English, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian
5
German, English, Japanese, Korean, Twi
Email notification
No
Yes
Yes
Comments
Plugin
No
Plugin
Categories
No
Yes
No
Namespaces
No
No
No
Conflict Handling
Conflict Detection
None
Conflict Detection
Concurrent Editing
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Search
Full Text
Full Text
Full Text
Wiki Farming
No
Yes
No
Structured Data
No
Yes
No
Links LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
CamelCase
No
Plugin
Yes
Freelinks
Yes
Yes
Yes
Backlinks
Plugin
No
Yes
InterWiki
No
No
Yes
SisterWiki
No
No
No
Image Links
Yes
Yes
Yes
Windows Shares
No
No
Patch
Page Redirects
Yes
No
No
Syntax Features LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
HTML Tags
Optional
Some
Plugin
Math formulas
No
No
Plugin
Tables
complex
complex
complex
CREOLE support
No
No
No
Markdown Support
No
Yes
No
Textile Support
No
No
No
BBCode Support
No
No
No
Emoticon Images
No
No
Yes
Syntax Highlighting
Plugin
No
Plugin
Footnotes
Plugin
No
Yes
Quoting
Yes
Yes
Optional
Internal Comments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Custom styles
Yes
Yes
Yes
FAQ Tags
No
No
No
Scripting
JavaScript (plugin)
Lua, JavaScript
plugins(PHP), skins(PHP), CSSes(PHP,CSS)
Content Includes
Yes
No
Plugin
Feed Aggregation
Yes
No
Plugin
Usability LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Section Editing
Yes
No
Patch
Page Templates
No
Yes
Yes
Double-Click Edit
Plugin
No
No
Toolbar
Plugin
Plugin
Patch
WYSIWYG Editing
No
No
No
Access Keys
No
No
Yes
Auto Signature
No
No
No
Statistics LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Recent Changes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Wanted Pages
No
No
Plugin
Orphaned Pages
No
No
No
Most/Least Popular
No
No
Plugin
Recent Visitors
No
No
No
Analysis
No
No
No
Output LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Printer Friendly
Print View
No
Print CSS
Mobile Friendly
No
No
Optional
Themes & Skins
Yes
Yes
Yes
RSS Feeds
Yes
Yes
Plugin
ATOM Feeds
No
No
Plugin
Abbreviations
No
No
No
Auto-TOC
Yes
No
Plugin
Raw Export
No
Yes
Plugin
HTML Export
No
No
No
XML export
No
No
No
PDF Export
No
No
No
Office Export
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Media and Files LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
File Attachments
Plugin
Yes
Plugin
Media Revisions
No
Yes
No
Embedded Flash
Yes
No
Plugin
Embedded Video
Yes
No
Plugin
Image Editing
No
No
Plugin
SVG Editing
No
No
No
MindMap Editing
No
No
No
Media Search
No
No
No
Extras LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Calendar
No
No
Plugin
Image Galleries
Plugin
Plugin
No
Presentations
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Forums
No
No
Optional
Blogs
No
No
Optional
Ticket System
No
Plugin
Optional
Chat
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Syntax Examples LionWiki Sputnik PukiWiki
Internal Link
[Main page]
[Our main page|Main page]
[[Sputnik]]
PageNameAsWikiName
[[PageName]]
[[link text>PageName]]
External Link
http://lionwiki.0o.cz
[Homepage|http://lionwiki.0o.cz]
[Sputnik](http://spu.tnik.org)
http://....
[[link text>http://....]]
[[interwiki:keyphrase]]
[[link text>interwiki:keyphrase]]
Headlines
!H2 headline
!!H3 headline
# Sputnik
* Level 1
** Level 2
*** Level 3
Bold Format
'''bold''
**Sputnik** or __Sputnik__
''bold''
Italics Format
''italics''
*Sputnik* or _Sputnik_
'''italic'''
Underline Format
'__underline__'
%%%underlined%%%
Monospace Format
N/A
Strikethrough Format
'--strikethrough--'
%%strikethrough%%
Superscript Format
N/A
Subscript Format
N/A
Images
[path_to_img.jpg]
#ref(pagename/filename[,option])
&ref(pagename/filename[,option]);
&ref(http://foo.bar/foo.jpg[,option]);
http://foo.bar/foo.jpg
Aligning Text
CENTER:center
RIGHT:right
LEFT:left
Text Indentation
> Sputnik
N/A
Bulleted Lists
* Fruit
** Apple
*** Granny smith
*** Golden delicious
** Orange
* Vegetables
** Garlic
** Onion
* Sputnik
- Item 1
-- Item 1.1
- Item 2
Numbered Lists
# First item 
## First subitem 
### First subsubitem
## Second subitem 
# Second item
1. Sputnik
+ Item 1
++ Item 1.1
+ Item 2
Definition Lists
:term|definition
Horizontal Rule
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